New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) With the number of Covid-19 cases rising, the government has allowed 47 private labs across the country to conduct tests. NEW DELHI : With the number of Covid-19 cases rising, the government has allowed 47 private labs across the country to conduct tests.
Addressing the media here, R. Ganga Ketkar of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said, "Till today (Sunday) we have conducted 34,931 tests.
The ICMR network's capacity utilisation is around 30%. We have increased the number of labs. 113 have been made functional and 47 more private labs approved." The ICMR has allowed 10 private labs to conduct the tests in Maharashtra, eight each in Delhi and Telangana, five in Haryana, four each in Tamil Nadu and